The Lunar New Year
celebrations start this Friday,
Jan. 31, but they don’t end
there. The big celebration in
the International District on
Saturday, Feb. 1 (see story
on page 7), will be followed
one week later, on Feb. 8 and
9, at Bellevue Connection’s
third annual Lunar New
Year Celebration at Bellevue
Square’s Center Court.
The Bellevue event will
feature numerous traditional
and contemporary cultural
demonstrations.

Compiled by Signe Predmore
Northwest Asian Weekly

{see LUNAR NEW
YEAR cont’d on
page 16 and more
celebrations on page
7}

Celebrate Lunar New Year
on both sides of the lake

Photo by George Liu/NWAW

Ground broken on Hirabayashi Place development

About 150 people attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the Hirabayashi
Place, a new housing development that will
be built at 424 S. Main Street in Seattle.

Located in historic Japantown (Nihonmachi), the building will house first-floor retail
space, 96 affordable apartments, and a childcare center. The event featured a luncheon
and music by the Seattle Kokon Taiko and
Na Aikane Ukulele Band.
Developed by InterIm CDA, the housing

Seattle and its surrounding areas
are nationally and internationally
renowned for top-caliber healthcare institutions and facilities. The
upcoming Women of Color Empowered luncheon will celebrate
the many significant contributions
of women in the area to the medical field.
Sponsored by the Puget Sound
Blood Center, Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center, and
Washington Dental Service Foundation, the luncheon will take place
on Friday, Feb. 7 at 11:30 a.m. at
the New Hong Kong Restaurant,
900 S. Jackson St., Seattle. Wendy
Zheng will be the event emcee.
Zheng is a regional director for the
American Heart Association, host
of the television health talk show
A Healthier You with Wendy, and
serves as a health advocate in the
community.
The following healthcare professionals and organizations will be
celebrated at the luncheon:

complex is named for Seattle native Gordon
Hirabayashi, a pacifist who stood up for
social justice when Japanese Americans
were forcibly removed from their homes
during World War II.

Carolina Lucero
Carolina Lucero is the senior
vice president of Sea-Mar Community Health Centers, where she
has worked for the past 28 years.
She started out as a direct service
provider, and later moved onto
management and senior leadership
positions.
As senior vice president, Lucero oversaw growing numbers
of primary care clinics and preventive health services, including

{see HIRABAYASHI cont’d on page 18}

{see WOC cont’d on page 14}

Family members of Gordon Hirabayashi, along with business and community partners, broke ground at Hirabayashi Place on Jan. 25.

Saanvi Kavthik and Dhwani
Kavthik joined the Goddard
School fashion show.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony
celebrated the grand opening of
the Goddard School in Bellevue
on Jan. 23. The ribbon was
made out of $1 and $5 bills,
totaling about $150, which will
be donated to Seattle Children’s
Hospital.
After the ceremony, there was
a fashion show parade in which
children wore their cultural
clothing to celebrate the Chinese
Lunar New Year.
For many of the children, Chinese is their second language. 

Photo courtesy of ICHS

Nakano named to Washington
Health Benefit Exchange board

Hiroshi Nakano

The International Community
Health Services (ICHS) has
announced the appointment of
its ICHS board secretary Hiroshi
Nakano to the Washington
Health Benefit Exchange board.
Nakano, a native of Fife, has
been with ICHS for 16 years,
serving in a variety of leadership
positions on the board. He
earned his undergraduate degree
in sociology from the University
of Washington and his MBA at

Cornell University.
As a member of the Board of the Benefits Exchange,
Nakano wants “to make sure that the Exchange stays
responsive to the consumer and provides the broadest
possible access to the public, especially to vulnerable and
underserved populations and those who have difficulty
accessing the website.”
Nakano is the chief executive officer of NeoSpine, a spine

surgery and pain management practice based in Puyallup,
with additional offices in Seattle and Poulsbo. 

Lunar New Year celebration
held at Westminster Chapel

Teri Wong, and David Yip as new
board members for 2014. In addition,
the following executive committee
officers were elected: Darryl Hue,
Stella Leong as first vice president,
Hannah Wong as second vice
president, Daniel Chan as secretary,
and David Lee as treasurer. 
Darryl Hue

Two physicians join Polyclinic

Photo by Marino Saito/NWAW

Photo by Marino Saito/NWAW

Ribbon ceremony opens new
Goddard School in Bellevue

The Seattle Chinese Community Girls’ Drill Team members Neka Ton,
Sage Choi, Alison Kojima, and Kacey Ton performed at the Lunar New
Year celebration at Westminster Chapel.

Chinese Lunar New Year was celebrated at Westminster
Chapel in Bellevue on Jan. 25. Westminster Chapel began
celebrating the Lunar New Year 11 years ago and now
shares sponsorship of the event with various schools and
nonprofit organizations. This event was not only about
Chinese culture, but other Asian cultures, such as Korean,
Vietnamese, and Japanese.
Nearly 800 people enjoyed more than 20 exhibitions
and workshops, such as Chinese calligraphy and Japanese
origami. In the tea room, they offered two kinds of teas like
jasmine green tea and oolong peach black tea for free.
At the stage, local groups performed martial arts, such as
Tai Chi, Taekwondo, and traditional Japanese karate. Also,
downstairs, a 10-table ping pong tournament was held. The
first-prize winner received an Xbox. 

The Polyclinic recently hired hand surgeon Divya Singh
and orthopedic spine surgeon Sean Keen. Both physicians
will be based at The Polyclinic Madison Center, located at
904 7th Ave. in Seattle.
Dr. Singh grew up in India and can speak Hindi. Her
practice encompasses all aspects of wrist and hand surgery
with a special interest in traumatic, degenerative, and
sports-related conditions, wrist arthroscopy, hand tumors,
Dupuytren’s disease, and nerve, bone, and tendon issues of
the hand and forearm.
Dr. Keem was born in Busan, South Korea, and moved
to Los Angeles in 1986. He is fluent in Korean. His practice
includes all aspects of minimally invasive procedures, as
well as traditional spine surgery procedures, including
treatment for spinal cord injuries, scoliosis, spinal disc
herniation and degeneration, and arthritis of the neck and
lower back.
The Polyclinic is made up of 175 physicians, including
internal medicine, family medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics,
and 24 additional medical and surgical specialties at a
dozen locations in and around Seattle. 

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■ community news

Judge OK’s anti-bias
UW offers master’s in
policy for Seattle police international studies
SEATTLE (AP) – A federal
to handle street encounters
judge has approved new Sethat don’t rise to the level
attle Police Department polof an arrest and give them
icies designed to eliminate
a clear definition of biased
concerns over biased policpolicing.
ing and unjustified stops.
For the first time, officers
U.S. District Judge James
will be required to document
L. Robart signed off on
every time it conducts
new policies on “stops and
an investigative stop of a
detentions” and “bias-free
pedestrian. The data will be
policing” on Jan. 17. Both
analyzed to spot trends or
policies have been developed Judge James L. Robart
concerns, such as whether
under a settlement between
the department’s practices
Seattle police and the Justice Department, have a disparate impact on minority
which found in 2011 that officers were too communities.
quick to use force.
The new policies require additional
Seattle U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan says training and oversight. Supervisors will
the policies set “the national standard” be required to respond to the scene of any
and will clarify how officers are supposed complaint about biased policing. 

Photo by Assunta Ng/NWAW

New Chinatown store
selling pipes, not pot

Richard Saguin

Trichome, a new “elevated glassware
& design” store that sells pipes and other
products for cannabis use, has opened for
business in the International District. The
new store is located at 618 South Jackson
Street.

The store does not sell cannabis, “just the
tools,” said co-owner Richard Saguin.
Other items for sale include accessories,
clothing, house wares, and vaporizers. 
For information, call 206-915-6327.

Lynnwood seeks Korean for
its diversity commission
Lynnwood’s
Neighborhoods
and
Demographic Diversity Commission, a
seven-member volunteer advisory body,
is currently accepting applications to fill
two vacancies. Special effort is being
given to recruit a member of the Korean
community. The 2010 U.S. Census reports
that 3.6 percent of Lynnwood’s population
identifies as Korean.
The Diversity Commission’s mission
is “to foster an environment of mutual
respect and understanding for all people
in Lynnwood by connecting, sponsoring,
and supporting community building.” The
Commission participates in community
events, hosts bi-annual educational forums,
conducts outreach to the community, and

advises the mayor and city council on
ways to encourage mutual understanding
among citizens about the city’s increasing
demographic diversity.
The Diversity Commission meets on
the second Tuesday of each month from
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Lynnwood City
Hall, with occasional additional events
and activities. Applicants must live within
Lynnwood City limits and be a registered
voter. 
For more information, or to submit an
application, please contact Diversity
Commission Liaison and Community
Outreach Specialist Julie Moore at 425670-5023 or jmoore@ci.lynnwood.wa.us.

The Henry M. Jackson School of
International Studies at the University of
Washington is accepting applications for
its new 10-month Master of Arts (MA)
degree in Applied International Studies
(MAAIS). This accelerated program
is designed for U.S. and international
professionals with experience in a variety
of fields, including business, government,
military, philanthropy, and international
development.
The MAAIS program expects to
“benefit from Seattle’s relationships
with Asian countries as a significant
port city and trade partner, and the
region’s many international leaders in
business, technology, non-governmental
organizations, and global health.” MAAIS
students will engage with Jackson School
faculty to study the complex interactions
among major regions of the world that
drive global events.
“Over the years, we have received
many requests for such a program
from public and private agencies and
foreign governments that are interested
in providing their employees with the
skills necessary to be successful in our
interconnected world,” said Jackson
School Director Reşat Kasaba. “We are
pleased to respond to this demand and put
together a world-class program.”
The program director is Jennifer
Butte-Dahl, who has experience working
with a small nonprofit in South Africa

and more recent experience in the
telecommunications industry in Brazil
and the United Arab Emirates.
“We need to prepare students for a
world in which NGOs, businesses, and
governments are working together to tackle
increasingly complex global challenges,”
Jennifer Butte-Dahl. “This is an area in
which Seattle has so much to offer, and we
want to tap into that well of expertise.”
After graduating from Georgetown
with a Master of Science in Foreign
Service, Butte-Dahl began a career
with the State Department, working in
Washington, D.C., and abroad. During the
course of her State Department career, she
managed relations with the U.S. Congress
on Middle East policy, served as the
political adviser to a U.S. Army general
charged with liaising between Israeli and
Palestinian security forces in Jerusalem,
worked for the Special Envoy for Middle
East Peace, and served as a senior adviser
to the Deputy Secretary for Resources and
Management.
The first MAAIS cohort will begin in
autumn quarter 2014 and conclude 10
months later, after summer “A term,” in
July 2015. Applications are due April 4,
2014. 
For more information and to apply, visit
http://jsis.washington.edu/maais/
or
e-mail degrees@pce.uw.edu or call 206897-8939 (toll free 800-506-1325).

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education
Fund (AALDEF) commends the introduction of bipartisan
legislation offering common sense fixes to modernize
the Voting Rights Act (VRA). This bill will address the
Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder
by ensuring greater protections for all voters against
discrimination at the ballot box and ensuring that limited
English proficient Americans are guaranteed the right to
vote.
“We applaud the members of Congress who have come
together to affirm that everyone should have equal access
to the vote, including language minority citizens,” said
Margaret Fung, AALDEF executive director.
Asian Americans are now the fastest-growing racial
group in this country, and newly naturalized citizens
greatly benefit from Section 203, the language assistance
provisions of the VRA. Section 203 requires written
translations of all voting materials, including ballots, and
interpreters in specific jurisdictions with large populations

of language minority citizens.
“We are especially pleased that this bill allows federal
observers to be deployed to monitor Section 203 compliance
in covered jurisdictions,” said Glenn Magpantay, AALDEF
Democracy Program Director.
The new bill protects the right to vote by providing
better public notification of potential voting changes to
enhance transparency and accountability, greater authority
for federal courts to shape appropriate remedies in
jurisdictions with a recent history of discrimination, and
the dispatch of federal observers to monitor the provision
of language assistance.
In its 2013 ruling in Shelby, the Supreme Court weakened
longstanding protections for minority voters in the VRA.
AALDEF has utilized surviving provisions of the VRA,
including Section 203, to protect Asian American voters.
One week after the Shelby ruling, AALDEF sued the New
York City Board of Elections for failing to provide Bengali
ballots in Queens County, which led to the provision of

language assistance to South Asian American voters in the
2013 citywide elections.
Nonetheless, Asian Americans continue to face
significant obstacles to the vote. In the 2012 Presidential
Election, AALDEF poll monitors received more than 300
complaints of voting problems from Asian American voters,
including the denial of mandated language assistance,
racist remarks made by poll workers, misdirection to poll
sites, and inadequate notification of poll site assignments or
changes. All of these problems were exacerbated because
many of the voters were limited English proficient.
“While we have made great strides as a nation,
discrimination is still a reality in too many places,
especially for limited English proficient voters. This bill
is an important step. We hope that Congress will take
swift action to pass the Voting Rights Amendment Act
of 2014 to ensure that the right to vote is protected for all
Americans,” said AALDEF Democracy Program attorney
Jerry Vattamala. 

Investigation in Vietnamese woman’s
L.A. beating death stymied by silence
SANTA ANA (AP) – Police detectives are having trouble
unraveling a nightclub brawl that left a 23-year-old
Vietnamese American woman dead because they can’t
identify many of the victim’s friends and others won’t
talk to them.
Investigators working the death of Kim Pham, 23,
outside a Santa Ana hot spot have only identified one
of the eight friends who were with her, the Los Angeles
Times reported Jan. 26.
Her ex-boyfriend — who may have tried to help her —
hasn’t come forward and the one female friend that police
have found won’t talk, the paper reported.
Two women have been arrested in Pham’s death and
police are seeking a third woman.
Distrust of the government and police runs deep in
Orange County’s Vietnamese American community,
where many residents are refugees or the children
and grandchildren of refugees who fled to the United

States during and after the
Vietnam War.
Although many younger
Vietnamese Americans are
thoroughly
Westernized,
they could be avoiding
police on the advice of their
parents or out of respect for
Kim Pham
their concerns, said Police
Commander Tim Vu, the
highest-ranking Vietnamese American law enforcement
officer in Orange County.
“People worry that there will be retaliation,” Vu told
the Times. “They don’t know the court system and are
intimidated by it.”
Some may believe they could be retaliated against as
witnesses — a belief that is hard to counter, Vu said.
Cell phone video shows the Chapman University

■ world news

Claim filed by family of
Asiana crash victim
By The Associated Press
The parents of a teenage girl who was run
over and killed by two emergency vehicles
after an Asiana Airlines crash have filed
a claim against the city of San Francisco,
saying rescuers were reckless and poorly
trained.
In legal forms filed this week in San
Francisco, attorneys for the parents of
16-year-old Ye Meng Yuan say firefighters
who first saw the girl after the July 6 crash
should have examined her and moved
her somewhere safe. Firefighters told
investigators they assumed the girl was dead
and hurried on toward the damaged aircraft.
An autopsy revealed Yuan was alive before
the vehicles hit her.
In all, 304 of the 307 people aboard the
plane survived after the airliner slammed

into a seawall at the
end of a runway
during final approach
for landing. The
impact ripped off the
back of the plane,
tossed out three flight
attendants and their
seats, and scattered
Ye Meng Yuan
pieces of the jet across
the runway as it spun and skidded to a stop.
Yuan was one of three Chinese teens who
died. One died during the crash, and another
later in the hospital.
In their claim, attorneys at the Los
Angeles law firm Kreindler and Kreindler
representing Yuan’s parents name 37
specific airport, fire, and police department
{see YUAN cont’d on page 15}

graduate and aspiring writer getting beaten and stomped
as a crowd gathers around.
A reward for information in the case stands at $11,000.
The attack occurred on Jan. 18.
“We need to reassure immigrants or potential witnesses
that it’s not about them,” he said. “It’s about all the
evidence and all other witnesses.”
Pham, of Huntington Beach, was taken off life support
last week.
Civic leaders are now reaching out to witnesses through
the Vietnamese-language media, stressing they will be
treated with respect if they come forward and can meet
privately with the police chief or even the mayor.
“Their identities will be protected if they wish,” said
Ken Nguyen, a volunteer who acts as Santa Ana’s liaison
to the local Vietnamese community.
“These are the things we offered the youths, and so far,
they are quiet.” 

Happy Lunar New
Year. From my
family to yours,
may the Year of the
Horse be a year of
peace, prosperity,
and good health in
the Asian American
communities.
Congressman
Adam Smith
Democrat, 9th District

■ briefly
Japanese
Americans
remember
wartime
incarceration
The stories of local Japanese
Americans who were incarcerated in
Idaho concentration camps during World
War II are the subject of a talk by Tom
Ikeda, founder and executive director of
“Densho: The Japanese American Legacy
Project,” on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m.
at the Longhouse Cultural Center on the
Evergreen campus in Olympia. Admission
is free and open to the public.
Ikeda’s presentation, “When Citizenship
Didn’t Matter: Personal Stories from
Japanese Americans Incarcerated during
World War II,” will explore issues of
democracy, intolerance, wartime hysteria,
and civil rights, based on hundreds of oral
histories conducted by Densho over the last
18 years.
Ikeda was born and raised in Seattle. His
parents and grandparents were incarcerated
during World War II at Minidoka,
Idaho. A former manager at Microsoft,
Ikeda graduated from the University of
Washington. He has received numerous
awards for his historical contributions,
including the Humanities Washington
Award for outstanding achievement in
the public humanities, the National JACL
Japanese American of the Biennium Award
for Education, and the Microsoft Alumni
Fellows Award.
The Evergreen State College is located
at 2700 Evergreen Parkway in Olympia. 

Purpose
• To acknowledge and reward student
and teacher achievements
• To help inspire further interests in
the teaching and learning of Chinese
language and culture
• To provide a positive venue for
students with diverse background to
come together to share knowledge and
learning experiences
Competition Categories
Group Poetry Recitation, Individual
Poetry Recitation, Public Speaking,

scholarships (cash prize of $50
for individuals and $100 for team
competitions) will be given to
the top three performers in each
category, division, and class. The
awards ceremony will be held on
the same day as the competition,
beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the Chief
Sealth International High School’s
auditorium.
Contact Information
For further information or questions
regarding the competition, please

By Marino Saito
Northwest Asian Weekly
The Lunar New Year is a major holiday for the Chinese
and other Asian cultures. This is the Year of the Horse.
In the Gregorian calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on
different dates every year — a date between Jan. 21 and Feb.
20. The Chinese year 4712 begins on Jan. 31, 2014. New Year
celebrations usually start on the first day of the month and
continue until the 15th, when the moon is brightest. People
may take weeks of holiday from work to prepare for and
celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in China. There are
also big celebration events that you should not miss here in
Seattle.
On Saturday, Feb. 1, the biggest Lunar New Year

Children’s Parade in 2013.

A look at Year of the
Horse celebrities

celebration in the area will be held at Hing Hay Park and
surrounding streets in the Chinatown-International District
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nearly 8,000 people are expected to
join this celebration event. Booths will feature calligraphy,
origami, temporary tattoos, face painting, and games, and
attendees can enjoy nonstop entertainment throughout the
day, including lion and dragon dances, Taiko drumming,
and martial arts.
Northwest Asian Weekly will host the annual Children’s
Parade Contest at 1:30 p.m. Kids ages 12 and under can
participate in the contest and show off their best cultural
outfit on stage. The attire should be culturally relevant to the
Lunar New Year celebration. Judges will announce winners
{see EVENTS cont’d on page 13}

Plan for second China
Gate still in the works

Jackie Chan

Manny Pacquiao

Bai Ling

Nicole Scherzinger

By Nina Huang
Northwest Asian Weekly
The Year of the Horse lands on Jan. 31.
It is said to be a good year for those who
are hardworking, who persevere, and who
want to achieve success. Some horse traits
include being popular, intelligent, talented,
and kind. On the other hand, they can also
be stubborn, too talkative, and impatient.
Here’s a look at some celebrities who
exemplify their horse traits, some more than
others.
Genghis Khan, born circa 1162, was
the founder and emperor of the Mongol
Empire. At age 20, he built a large army
with the intent to destroy individual tribes
in Northeast Asia and unite them under
his rule. Like a true horse, Genghis was
successful in running his empire well until
after his death in 1227. Fifty years after his
death, his empire became the biggest in
history, forging a historical link between
Asia, Europe, and the Muslim world.
Shinzo Abe (1954) is the current prime
minister of Japan. He became Japan’s
youngest prime minister since World War
II, and is the first to be born after the war.
During his term, with the horse’s strength,
Abe has notably fortified Japan’s strategic
ties with Africa, India, the Philippines,
Southeast Asia, and Taiwan.
Jackie Chan (1954) has become one of

Genghis Khan

Ang Lee

Tamlyn Tomita

Shinzo Abe

the biggest Hong Kong celebrities to make
it big in America. Known for his acrobatic
fighting style, comic timing, use of
improvised weapons, and innovative stunts,
Chan has appeared in over 150 films since
the 1960s. Rumble in the Bronx, Rush Hour,
and Who Am I? were among some of his
biggest blockbuster hits. Without a doubt,
Chan resembles the ideal horse, as he has
won over his audiences with his popularity
and successful acting career.
Ang Lee (1954) is a Taiwanese American
film director, screenwriter, and producer,
and two-time Academy Award recipient for
Best Director (Brokeback Mountain in 2005
and Life of Pi in 2012). Success has been a
common pattern for this horse throughout
his directing career. Also known for his
films Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,
and Lust, Caution, Lee has been able to
transcend cultural and linguistic barriers to
speak to global audiences.
Bai Ling (1966) is a Chinese American
actress who has starred in The Crow,
Wild Wild West, and TV shows including
Entourage and Lost. But Ling might be more
known for her appearance on the Playboy
magazine cover, appearance on Celebrity
Rehab with Dr. Drew, or her shoplifting
incident at the airport in 2008.
{see CELEBRITIES cont’d on page
15}

About six years have passed since the first
Chinese Gate was built in the ChinatownInternational District in Seattle. The
Historic China Gate Foundation — a group
of business leaders in the International
District — came together in 1999 with
the hope of completing two traditional
Chinese gates to serve as landmarks in
Chinatown. Their goal was to improve not
only the aesthetic of the area, but also to
promote the prominence and contribution
of the Chinese community in Seattle.
After nearly a decade of work and
hundreds of thousands of dollars of
fundraising, construction of the first gate,
which is similar to ones in Vancouver,
B.C., San Francisco, Washington, D.C.,
Yokohama, Japan, and southern China,
began in 2006 and was completed in 2008
on South King Street near Fifth Avenue

Photo by Sue Misao/NWAW

By Marino Saito
Northwest Asian Weekly

The Chinese gate

South. At that time, they raised money
from English and non-English speaking
residents and the foundation received help
from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce,
South Downtown Foundation, City of
Seattle, King County, MulvannyG2
Architecture, and other groups.
{see CHINA GATE cont’d on page
15}

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■ sports

FEBRUARY 1 – FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Olympic clothing maker
ensures uniforms
“Made in USA”

Alex Shibutani

Felicia Zhang

Maia Shibutani

Julie Chu

By Jason J. Cruz
NW Asian Weekly
The Winter Olympics begin on
Friday, Feb. 7, in Sochi, Russia.
Asian American athletes will be well
represented, and here is a list of APIs to
look for in the coming weeks.

Madison Chock

Photo Credit: Tim Hipps, IMCOM Public Affairs

Sochi.2014.com

APIs head to Sochi
Madison Chock

Chock is a 21-year-old ice dancer
from Torrance, Calif., now living in
Michigan. Her father is of Hawaiian
Chinese descent. Chock began skating
when she was just 5 years old. At 12,
someone suggested that she try ice
dancing. After a successful five-year
partnership with her first skating
partner, she found a new partner in

Official clothing maker for the U.S.
Winter Olympic team, Ralph Lauren,
stated that it has confirmed that this
year’s clothing items were 100 percent
made in the United States. The apparel
designer received flack for outsourcing
the manufacturing for its uniforms at the
2012 Summer Olympics in London. It
was discovered that the uniforms were
actually made in China. While this may
be standard in normal production of
Ralph Lauren clothing, it was important
the clothes were “Made in America” for
the Olympics. Learning from past mistakes, some 40 U.S. companies were
hired to assist in coming up with the
Olympic uniforms for Sochi. According
to news reports, yarn for the clothing
is from a farm in Oregon. The spinning
was completed in Pennsylvania, dyed
in North Carolina, and assembled in
Southern California.

Jen Lee

Evan Bates. The two have been skating
together since 2011 and have won
various competitions across the world.
The duo won the silver medal at the
2014 U.S. Championships and were
named to the U.S. team.

The Shibutanis

Alex and Maia Shibutani are a sibling
ice-dancing duo that will compete in
the doubles competition in Sochi. Their
parents met at Harvard as musicians
and the duo has learned to take their
parents’ talent for rhythm and precision
to the ice rink. Alex, 22, and Maia, 19,
started as individual skaters at first and
then decided to partner up. The two
first began competing together in 2004.
In their first season competing together,

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they won the silver medal at the U.S.
Junior Championships. The two have
been successful ever since, as they have
competed as a team for about 10 years.
Not only has their career been a success
on the ice, but in 2012, they were invited
by Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to
attend a dinner in honor of Japanese
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.
The Shibutanis won the bronze medal
at the 2014 U.S. Championships and
were named to the U.S. Olympic team.
They are both currently students at the
University of Michigan.

previous and current existence to local Asian talent.
“I was a loyal fan of the Northwest Asian American
Film Festival,” recalls SAAFF co-director Kevin Bang,

The Bachelor cast
members Sean Lowe and
Catherine Giudici are
now husband and wife, as
witnessed by family and
friends and millions of
viewers at home.
ABC aired a special episode of the dating game
show The Bachelor: Sean
and Catherine’s Wedding
last Sunday at 8 p.m., a
turning point of the reality TV stars unconventional love story. The couple had gotten engaged in
Thailand over a year ago,
Catherine Giudici and Sean Lowe
and announced their wedding date on television Jan. 19.
The wedding special started off with a brief montage
of their relationship over the course of the show, which
ended March of last year. This was followed by clips of
their preparation for the wedding, and built up to the
moment when the Seattle native Giudici walked down
the aisle and joined her teary, hunky Texan.
Giudici repeatedly described the theme of the wedding
as “grown sexy.” Her best explanation of this term was,
“sophisticated, but with some air on sexy on everything.”
The bride’s wish was celebrity wedding planner Mindy
Weiss’ command. According to Weiss, “grown sexy”
means a long white carpet, an overwhelming amount
of white roses, and other decorations bearing a touch of

{see SAAFF cont’d on page 17}

{see THE BACHELOR cont’d on page 17}

Photo by ABC/Todd Wawrychuk

32 YEARS YOUR VOICE

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OPINION

■ editorial

New year offers cultural opportunities

As the Year of the Horse comes galloping in, people
around the world will be celebrating with family and
friends, food, fun, festivities, and fireworks. Right here
in the International District, the celebrations will fill the
streets with colorful parades, dances, costumes, martial
arts demonstrations, games, contests, and artistry.
The Lunar New Year is a very important festival in the
Asian American community, not just to immigrants or
first generation residents, but to second, third, and fourth
generations, too. It gives older people some grounding
and keeps our cultural heritage and traditions alive for

the next generation. It even draws non-Asian people into
the fray to enjoy the excitement party atmosphere.
The Internet and increased global travel has piqued
interest in Asian cultures. Parents go out of their way
to expose young children to different cultures, and high
schools and colleges are expanding courses in Asian
studies and languages to meet the demands of American
students.
As different cultures mix and the number of interracial
families increase, Asian Americans have more
opportunities to share their rich culture (and delicious

■ PUBLISHER’S BLOG

Photo by Rebecca Ip/SCP

Hop Sing Tong’s
‘political’ success at
Lunar New Year

The Hop Sing Tong Banquet at the House of Hong on Jan. 27.

Last Monday, Hop Sing Tong,
Chinatown’s private club, organized its
Lunar New Year party at the House of
Hong.
This year isn’t a hot election year.
However, the highest-ranking elected
officials showed up anyway. Lt. Gov.
Brad Owen, King County Executive Dow
Constantine, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray,
Deputy Mayor Hyeok Kim, and King
County Assessor Lloyd Hara were present.
This was the first time for the new Seattle
mayor to get the gist of what a Chinatown
Lunar New Year banquet was about. Never
mind that many of the speeches were

in Chinese. The best part of the evening
for our mayor was from a San Francisco
Hop Sing Tong official, who unexpectedly
congratulated Mayor Murray on the
Seahawks’ championship, beating the
49ers. Also, he wished the Seahawks luck
in beating the Denver Broncos. Wow! How
gracious!
Perhaps, what the mainstream politicians
didn’t notice was that no Chinese officials
attended the party, just Taiwan officials.
Hop Sing Tong is one of the few Seattle
Chinese community organizations that
still support Taiwan. Chinese officials are
not invited. 

Super Bowl Chinese dinner
Super Bowl happens to fall on Lunar
New Year. Why not organize a Super Bowl
Chinese dinner party? The Lunar New
Year begins on Jan. 31 and lasts for 15 days.
Super Bowl show time begins at 3:30
p.m. on the Fox channel. It’s a perfect time
for Seattle fans to celebrate Lunar New
Year. You can go have Chinese dim sum
lunch before and a Chinese family dinner
after, and watch the game in between with
your friends and family.
Chinese family-style dinner would be
the best for a big group. For the past five
years, Chinatown’s family-style dinners
are one of the best-kept secrets. Those
dinners offer big portions and a low price
tag. For a $168 dinner, you can feed as
many as 12 to 16 hungry diners. You can’t

beat that price if you consume in a typical
American restaurant.
What does $168 dinner entail? You
wouldn’t believe the menu. With lots of
fresh seafood such as crab, prawns, and
fish, you can also have your Peking duck,
{see BLOG cont’d on page 18}

food) with mainstream America. Saturday’s festival is a
great reason to spend the day in the International District
and see those traditions in action.
The past year ended not so good for community
members still dealing with the aftermath of the fire that
burned out so many businesses in the Hudson Building
on Christmas Eve. We hope the New Year will bring them
success in rebuilding their livelihoods. It will take a lot
of hard work.
We wish everyone a happy New Year filled with good
fortune, good luck, and good health. 

Health is wealth
Recently, the World Economic Forum in
Switzerland had a panel called “Health is Wealth.” I
just want to tell you readers that I heard this phrase
when I was a child. The Western world shouldn’t be
credited with the origin.
“Health is Wealth” has its roots in Chinese society.
How I learned about it was during Lunar New Year
in Hong Kong decades ago. Usually, the temples were
packed during the New Year. People prayed to be
rich, find good mates, and give birth to sons in their
families. But the wise elders frequently warned the
younger family members to ask for health. Without
health, you can’t achieve anything.
In the Year of the Horse, also the year of 4712, I wish all my loyal readers “Health and
Joy” in what you do. 

32 YEARS YOUR VOICE

■ ASTROLOGY

FEBRUARY 1 – FEBRUARY 7, 2014

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Astrological Predictions for 2014 - The Year of the Horse

By Sun Lee Chang
Northwest Asian Weekly
Coming fast on the heels of the Year of the Snake, the
Year of the Horse is stampeding through to a ruckus
start on Jan. 31, 2014. There are five elements which
are associated with each Chinese Zodiac animal for any
given year, including wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.
For 2014, this will be the Year of the Wood Horse.
For many, the end of the Year of the Snake could not
come fast enough. Having endured all manner of things
this past year, the Year of the Horse brings with it a fresh,
vibrant outlook. This brighter perspective will surely
invigorate all with a renewed sense of purpose.
The spirit of the horse nudges us along to better
ourselves and push the limits of our boundaries. New
horizons are within reach this year, provided that one puts
aside conventional wisdom and finds a more personalized
path.
To that end, the following are predictions of how the
Year of the Horse could make for a very interesting ride
in the areas of work and love.
Rat
The seeds of change are right
before your eyes. It will only be a
matter of time before you are a part
of the movement.
Work: Having honed your skills
over the years, you are a master of your craft. A new
challenge awaits you, if you choose to accept it.
Love: Recent events shed light on where you have been
and are headed. If you want a different outcome, take
action soon.
Ox
Like a runner racing on a track,
you are firmly focused on crossing
the finish line. Remain steadfast
in your resolve until your quest is
complete.
Work: Don’t be surprised if you
need to kick up the volume a notch.
It’s no secret that in order to be heard, you must speak up.
Love: The synergy between you and your partner could
produce a net result that is much greater than either of you
ever imagined possible.
Tiger
You are used to seeing the world
in one way and are now realizing
that it is by no means the only way.
This newfound insight can only
serve to help you go forward.
Work: In order to achieve true
growth, be willing to listen to critiques that help you find
a better way of doing things.
Love: Disagreements aside, you are now able to
empathize with someone whom you clashed with before.
Understanding is the first step in bridging the gap between
the two of you.

Rabbit
Ever wonder about what might
have been? It’s time to stop
daydreaming and turn your dreams
into reality.
Work: There are tradeoffs to
security and stability. You may
think that you know what is going
to happen, but there are no guarantees.
Love: After analyzing from all angles, it is to your
advantage to realize that theory can be very far off from
actual practice.
Dragon
With
additional
resources
opening up to you, there are a wealth
of options to choose from. It can be
a bit overwhelming at first, so allow
some time to let it all sink in.
Work: Steering your own ship
can be as daunting as it is freeing. Knowing that you
are ultimately responsible for your own successes, and
mistakes, it’s worth it.
Love: Though skepticism tempers other areas of your
life, when you love, you love unconditionally. In turn, that
devotion will be mirrored back to you in kind.
Snake
Although you want to bring
everyone with you, some journeys
are meant to be done solo. Bring
mementos with you to remind you
of what is waiting for you at home.
Work: Don’t ignore your health
in the rush to get ahead. Make an
effort to balance your lifestyle, so that the sole focus isn’t
just on accumulation of material wealth.
Love: The generosity and tenderness that you show to
those closest to you will be remembered long after the
actual deed is done.
Horse
Excitement is mounting as you
can already tell that this is going
to be a watershed year for you. The
places you will go and the people
you will meet along the way will
define what follows.
Work: Having operated within a certain framework
for quite a while, here is your chance to travel in entirely
different circles and network across borders.
Love: Letting go of someone who once meant so much
to you can be difficult. However, once you have allowed
yourself to move on, a special person is waiting for you.
Goat
While you can hope that circumstances work out well, hope is not
a plan. Put a strategy in motion, so
you take an active part in what happens next.

Work: Carry forward the momentum you have built
over the year. Don’t let up until you have cleared the
hurdles that have been laid before you.
Love: Unless you are upfront with what you really
want, the guessing game will continue. Avoid resentment
and be honest about your feelings.
Monkey
Let bygones be bygones. The
longer you carry around the weight
of animosity, the heavier it will
grow. Cast it off and start fresh this
year.
Work: It’s fair to say that people
respect your unique abilities. Know your strengths and
don’t be afraid to capitalize on them.
Love: Your capacity to care for others is not in doubt.
Allow yourself to be pampered and taken care of for once.
Rooster
Finding your true passion
involves a soul searching process. It
is not something that someone can
dictate or hand over to you.
Work: The best and worst days
are probably skewed from the rest.
If not, then it is a sign that you should look for satisfaction
elsewhere.
Love: Attracting attention has not been a problem for
you. Just remember that a deeper connection is preferable
to a superficial one.
Dog
It’s never too late to start doing
what you have always dreamed of.
Don’t waste another day with regret.
Work: Are you tired of playing
second fiddle? Take steps to elevate
your game so that you become a
serious contender.
Love: For a healthier relationship, cultivate pursuits —
outside of the things that you do together — that speak to
you as an individual.
Pig
Leave the calculations aside and
rely on your instincts instead. Your
gut will tell you when you have
ventured too far.
Work: There is no doubt that you
are good at what you do. However,
branching out a little could be beneficial to your career.
Love: A good friend could turn out to be much more. It
really depends on whether you want to risk the friendship
to find out what that could be.
Sun Lee Chang can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.
com.

*The year ends on the first new moon of the following year. For those born in January and February, please take care when determining your sign.

{EVENTS cont’d from page 7}
and prizes. Prizes will be awarded to first ($100), second
($50), and third ($25) place winners, plus many other
prizes. All contestants will receive a fortune cookie and a
stuffed panda. An application form is available on page 19.
Participants can preregister by downloading the
application on the website or sign up on the day of the
competition (Saturday, Feb. 1) before 1:15 p.m. at the
registration table. The registration table will be located
in front of Seattle Chinese Post/Northwest Asian Weekly
at 412 Maynard Avenue South. No tickets are needed to
attend this event.

More details are available at
http://www.cidbia.org/events/2014-lunar-new-year/lunarnew-year-celebration-2014-year-of-the-horse.
In addition, on Feb. 8, the Chinese Information and
Service Center (CISC) will host its fifth annual Lunar New
Year Walkathon at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School, 1301
East Yesler Way, from 9 a.m. to noon. In celebration of the
Year of the Horse, all are welcome to walk to raise funds
supporting programs serving the Asian community and
other immigrants across King County.
Last year, over 300 participants enjoyed festivities and
supported CISC. Attendees can enjoy the live cultural
entertainment, raffle prizes, Asian market, and other exciting

family fun in the auditorium.
King County Executive Dow Constantine and King County
Councilman Joe McDermott will kick off the festivities.
The Chinese Information and Service Center was
founded in 1972 by student volunteers to meet the needs of
Chinese immigrants, particularly seniors, and has grown
to become one of the area’s largest providers of referral
and direct services to bilingual/bicultural individuals and
families. For more information, visit www.ciscwalkathon.
kintera.org. 
Marino Saito can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.
com.

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maternity support services, WIC, and health education
services throughout western Washington. Currently, her
primary area of responsibility is overseeing long-term care
services, including the Child Development Center, which
is part of the intergenerational service delivery model at
the Care Center. She is involved in many of Sea-Mar’s
community outreach projects and has devoted the last 35
years to advocacy for underserved communities in the
areas of health and education.
Ms. Lucero is actively involved in addressing the issues
around nursing education and the continued shortage of
bilingual and bicultural nurses in Washington state. She
was instrumental in the development of a successful career
ladder CNA to RN program at South Seattle Community
College. She has also been the catalyst and a key player in
the development of two international nursing programs at
Bellevue College and South Seattle Community College,
with Spain and Mexico, respectively.
Claire Spain-Remy
Claire Spain-Remy, MD, joined MultiCare Medical
Associates in 2008, following 12 years in private practice.
Dr. Spain-Remy, an obstetrician and gynecologist, has
served in several medical leadership roles, including most
recently as the medical vice president for specialty care for
MultiCare Medical Associates.
She earned her medical degree from Duke University
and completed her internship and residency in obstetrics
and gynecology at Madigan Medical Army Center. She
received her master’s in medical management at the
University of Southern California and is a member of the
American College of Physician Executives.
Jayashree Srinivasan
Jayashree Srinivasan is a neurosurgeon at Swedish
Medial Center. Dr. Srinivasan began her post-education
career as an assistant professor in the department of
neurological surgery at Northwestern University’s
Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. She returned
to private practice in Swedish Medical Center and joined
Neurosurgical Consultants of Washington in 2004. Dr.
Srinivasan performs surgery to address a number of spine
and brain diseases, including tumors, cerebrovascular
diseases, and degenerative spinal conditions. She has been
recognized by Seattle Magazine and Seattle Metropolitan
Magazine as a top doctor.
Dr. Srinivasan belongs to a number of professional
organizations, including the Congress of Neurological
Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
and American Board of Neurological Surgery. In addition
to her surgical practice, Dr. Srinivasan has published a
number of articles and given numerous presentations.
Ekene “Kennie” Amaefule
Ekene “Kennie” Amaefule has been a nurse for over
10 years. She is currently the nurse manager of the
rehabilitation inpatient unit at the Puget Sound Veterans
Administration Medical Center.
Amaefule has been working on medical projects with the
Imo State Government of her native country, Nigeria, for
the past 10 years. She has made both teaching and service
contributions to the Imo State University Teaching Hospital.
As the national director of her nonprofit organization,
Caring Hearts International, Amaefule has set up programs
for Nigerians that provide scholarships, purchase school
supplies for children, and assist women with micro loans.
While establishing an education fund for the children in
her native village, she adopted twin baby boys who had
been abandoned. In recognition of her humanitarian and
philanthropic work in Nigeria, Amaefule was crowned the
first female “chief” in 2002.
In the United States, Amaefule is an active mentor
and tutor to minority students, as well as a community
volunteer. As an adjunct professor at Seattle University
and guest lecturer on international health at the University
of Washington, Tacoma campus, she is known for giving
motivational speeches to students. She has received
numerous awards for her dedication and exemplary service
to the practice of nursing.
Julie McElrath
Dr. Julie McElrath is senior vice president and a member
of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC),
where she is director of the vaccine and infectious diseases
division. She is a professor of medicine, laboratory medicine,
and global health at the University of Washington. She also
attends on the FHCRC, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, and
UW Infectious Diseases consult service.
Dr. McElrath’s research investigates natural immune
responses to HIV for the purposes of vaccine development.
She has built a productive and world-renowned HIV
vaccine laboratory program, where she has conducted

immunological research, contributing a fundamental
understanding of how HIV establishes infection, and
identifying persons with low levels of HIV DNA who
otherwise lack evidence of infection. She has assembled
invaluable cohorts to elucidate mechanisms of risk for
HIV infection and disease, and productively mentored
young investigators and students. She has also provided
major contributions and leadership to many national
and international programs to tackle the HIV epidemic,
including the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, the Gates
Foundation Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery, the
Microbicide Trials Network, and the Global HIV Vaccine
Enterprise.
Karlotta Rosebaugh
Karlotta Rosebaugh has served as the director of the
Health Sciences Center Minority Students at the University
of Washington for the past 24 years. She has assisted in
the writing of several teaching grants, resulting in over $12
million in funding for educational initiatives for high school
and undergraduate students in the health and biomedical/
biobehavioral sciences. She has also been involved as an
advisory board member for the program.
Ms. Rosebaugh annually teaches a seminar on “Cultural
and Global Citizenship Competency” for the Harvard
School of Public Health Multidisciplinary International
Research Training Program. Prior to her current position,
she was an elementary school teacher and district ethnic
studies coordinator in Bothell. She has continued to
rely on her strong teaching skills throughout her career.
She received the Golden Acorn Award for teaching and
was nominated twice for a University of Washington
Distinguished Staff Award.
Katie Lai
Katie Lai is a clinical pharmacist at Harborview
Medical Center. When she began her career there in 1997,
it was unheard of for pharmacists with her advanced
training to work where they were not involved in clinical
activities. Yet with perseverance, dedication to progress
in the field of pharmacy, and motivation to help patients
beyond dispensing medications, she was able to pioneer
progressive clinical services in several primary care clinics
at Harborview.
During her 17 years at Harborview, she helped establish
and develop clinical services at several primary care sites,
including the International Medicine Clinic that serves
non-English speaking patients at the county hospital. Now,
it is a standard at Harborview to have clinical pharmacists
help co-manage patients’ chronic diseases. As a result
of Lai’s initiative, pharmacists are working closely with
doctors and other medical professionals to help determine
patients’ medication regimens and monitor the therapies
selected.
Lily Jung Henson
Dr. Lily Jung Henson has just completed her tenure as
the first chief of staff at Swedish Issaquah, the newest
Swedish Medical Center campus, which just won the
2013 Leapfrog Award for Top Hospital. She remains the
medical director of neurology at the Swedish Neuroscience
Institute Eastside Neurology Services. She is responsible
for the coordination of neurology services for the Swedish
system on the Eastside.
Dr. Jung Henson has been involved in advocacy. She is
the current chair of the board of directors of the American
Academy of Neurology’s Brain PAC, and serves on many
other government committees related to neurology. As a
busy MS neurologist, she has been involved in clinical trials
resulting in many of the newer MS therapies released in the
past decade. She is a co-leader of the Providence/Swedish
MS group of neurologists who have developed a treatment
algorithm for MS disease modifying therapies, and started
a system-wide case review meeting to discuss complex
cases, as well as other collaborative efforts. Her peers have
named her as one of Seattle Metropolitan Magazine Best
Doctors for several years.
Dr. Jung Henson was one of the founders of the
Washington State Neurological Society. She is a clinical
associate professor of neurology at the University
of Washington and has trained over two decades of
physicians.
Maria Carlos
G. Maria Carlos, MS, is a program manager in the parent
child health program at Public Health-Seattle and King
County. She has managed the HOPE (Healthy Outcomes,
Prevention & Education) program for 15 years, supporting
community efforts to engage women in the hardest of life
circumstances and do whatever it takes to help them get
healthcare.
Ms. Carlos has more than 15 years experience working
in the field of infant mortality prevention and outreach,
and over 25 years in maternal and child health program

management. Prior to her current role, she worked as
executive director and
regional program coordinator for the March of Dimes
in Utah, Colorado, and California. She continues to be
humbled by communities’ commitment to health of their
youngest members, and strives to support their leadership
in eliminating racial disparities in birth outcomes.
Mariko Kita
Mariko Kita, MD, is the chief of the neurology section
at Virginia Mason Medical Center and director of the
Virginia Mason Multiple Sclerosis Center. She is a clinical
assistant professor in the department of neurology at the
University of Washington and an affiliate investigator at
the Benaroya Research Institute, where she serves as the
director of neurology clinical trials.
The author or co-author of numerous articles and
abstracts pertaining to multiple sclerosis, Dr. Kita’s
research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, such
as NEJM and Neurology. She is a reviewer for Neurology
and Archives of Neurology. She remains an active clinical
investigator in novel MS therapeutics. She is a speaker
locally and internationally in the field of MS.
Dr. Kita is the founder of Pacific Northwest Alliance of
MS Centers, as well as a member of the American Academy
of Neurology, Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers,
Washington State Neurological Society, and Washington
State Medical Association. She has been recognized in
2012 and 2013 as a Top Doctor by Seattle Metropolitan
Magazine and voted into America’s Best Doctors® in 2010.
Sarah Patterson
Sarah Patterson has been a member of the leadership
team at Virginia Mason Medical Center for 30 years and
currently serves as the executive vice president and chief
operating officer. She helped Virginia Mason set up a
pioneering lean production system to eliminate waste,
improve quality, and focus on patient safety. She has
responsibility for all operations of the clinic and hospital,
along with the Kaizen Promotion Office, human resources,
quality and compliance, facilities, and pharmaceutical
services.
Ms. Patterson was elected board chair of the Washington
State Hospital Association in 2010 and 2011. The
association represents all Washington hospitals and healthrelated organizations. She also has served on the board of
directors of the Horizon House Retirement Community.
In November 2013, she was recognized by Puget Sound
Business Journal as one of the 2013 Women of Influence.
Seok Bee Lim
Seok Bee Lim, D.M.D., has been a staff dentist at
Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic since 1981. She is also
on the faculty for the Department of Pediatric Dentistry
at the University of Washington School of Dentistry. From
1986 to 1991, she was the clinic’s dental chief. Currently,
her primary responsibility is providing patient care.
Additionally, she provides clinical instruction to residents
who rotate through the clinic. These residents are from UW
pediatric dental residency, UW general practice residency,
Swedish Hospital general practice residency, and Seattle
Children’s Hospital pediatric residency. Outside of her
commitment to Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, Dr. Lim
supports the mission of Refugee Women’s Alliance and
Seattle Urban Academy.
Shaquita L. Bell
Dr. Bell is currently a pediatrician at the community
health center Odessa Brown
Children’s Clinic. She is the site coordinator for residents
and helps to run the foster
care program there. Dr. Bell is also a faculty member at
Seattle Children’s Hospital and a clinical assistant professor
at the University of Washington in the division of general
pediatrics.
Born and raised in Minnesota, Shaquita is Cherokee on
her mother’s side and
African American on her father’s side. She completed
medical school at the University
of Minnesota in 2006. Dr. Bell then went on to pediatric
residency at the University
of Washington, which she completed in 2009. In 2010,
she remained at Seattle
Children’s Hospital for a chief residency year, becoming
the first Native American chief resident in the program’s
history.
Zeineb Mohammed
Zeineb Mohammed is the Eritrean community health
promoter for the nonprofit Global to Local. She began as an
AmeriCorps volunteer with the organization in 2011.
Ms. Mohammed worked as a nurse’s assistant and nurse
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midwife in Eritrea since 1999. After arriving in the United
States in 2010, she became recertified as a registered nurse.
Her fluency in Tigrinya, Saho, Amharic, and Arabic has
allowed her to support several immigrant populations in
SeaTac and Tukwila.
Ms. Mohammed has a passion for bringing people together
and exploring ways to collectively address some of the key
barriers facing people from Eritrea in Washington, ensuring
they receive the tools and supports to lead successful and
sustainable, healthy lives.
As the senior member of the community health promoter
team, her experience teaching nutrition and diabetes
prevention classes has been instrumental in training
incoming health promoters.
{SOCHI cont’d from page 9}
American figure skater from Ellenton, Fla., by way of New
Jersey. She will be competing in her first Olympics and is
teaming with Nathan Bartholomay in doubles ice skating
in Sochi.
Zhang began skating after attending a skating party
at the age of 7. Although she has only teamed up with
Bartholomay since 2011, they placed second in the U.S
World Championships and were picked to represent the
United States. Zhang is currently a student at the University
of Southern Florida.

Julie Chu

Chu is a 31-year-old hockey forward for the United States
women’s team. She is the first Asian American woman to
play for the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team. Chu is a veteran
of the Olympics, having played in 2002, 2006, and 2010,
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Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Organization
The primary mission of the Mary Mahoney Professional
Nurses Organization is to provide financial aid and
scholarships to students of African heritage, who pursue
studies leading to careers in professional nursing.
The institution is named to honor the pioneering African
American nurse Mary Eliza
Mahoney. Graduating from the New England Hospital
for Women and Children in Boston in 1879, Mahoney was
the first black graduate nurse in the United States. For more
than 40 years, she devoted her life to professional nursing,
delivering services to patients in their homes, clinics and
hospitals, and promoting organizational development for
nurses.
Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Organization was first
established as the Mary Mahoney Registered Nurse Club in

1949. Anne Foy Baker invited 12 other registered nurses to
a meeting in her home to discuss the idea of establishing
a professional organization. Under her leadership, the
organization was created with a two-fold mission: to provide
information and support to one another, and to provide
scholarship support to students pursuing education and
careers in nursing. 

She will be the oldest Olympic women’s hockey player in
U.S. history. In fact, she is four years older than the next
oldest player on the U.S. team.
Chu is a veteran of women’s hockey having played for
Harvard. She won the Patty Kazmaier Award for best
collegiate hockey player. She was the all-time leading
scorer in NCAA history and was the team captain.
Chu will bring a lot of experience to this year’s team,
which will be searching for a medal.

on the short track. He has over 5,800 Instagram followers
and nearly 20,000 Twitter followers. He also touts sponsors
including Nike, Oakley, and TD Ameritrade.

J.R. Celski

Picking up the skates where Apolo Anton Ohno left
off, Federal Way native J.R. Celski looks to add to the
two bronze medals he won at the Vancouver Olympics.
Celski, 23, was a standout at the U.S. Championships,
which determines the short track team. He will compete
in the 500, 1,000, and 1,5000 meter short track races at the
Olympics.
Celski, who is part Filipino, could be the media darling

{CELEBRITIES cont’d from page 7}

{CHINA GATE cont’d from page 7}

Unlike her other horse peers, her success
and popularity has been impeded by her
public image and troubles over the years.
Tamlyn Tomita (1966) was a beauty queen
before she got her big break as an actress in
The Karate Kid II. Her other major role was
in The Joy Luck Club, which was based on
the eponymous 1989 novel by Amy Tan.
Tomita had a few other minor roles in films,
such as The Day After Tomorrow and The
Eye, but has taken on more TV roles since
then. Tomita also spends a lot of time giving
back to the Japanese American community
in California. Although she hasn’t seen
as much success in the film world, Tomita
should be on track for a prosperous year with
her philanthropic activities.
Nicole Scherzinger (1978) is probably
best known for her lead singer role in
the Pussycat Dolls. This exotic beauty
(father is Filipino and mother is Hawaiian
Russian) has been singing since she was a
teenager, competing in singing contests and
eventually landing back-up vocal gigs for
various musical groups. With her natural
talent, Scherzinger eventually joined the
Pussycat Dolls and they became one of the
top-selling artists in 2006, despite the initial
controversy of them being too provocative
and sexy. She left the group in 2010 to
pursue individual projects, such as being a
contestant of Dancing with the Stars and a
judge on America’s Got Talent, as well as
being involved with charity work.
Manny Pacquiao (1978) is the first and
only eight-division world champion of
boxing. Affectionately known as “PacMan,” he is the pride and joy of many
Filipino boxing fans around the world.
Pacquiao has won many awards over
the years, and was long rated as the best
pound-for-pound boxer in the world by
many sporting news outlets and boxing
websites. Not only is he known for boxing,
but he is also a politician. He was elected
to the House of Representatives in the 15th
Congress of the Philippines, representing
the province of Sarangani. Like his horse
companions, Pacquiao was been blessed
with talent, success, and popularity. 

“We are planning to build the second Chinese Gate, but no
location has been decided yet,” said Tuck Eng, president of the
Historic China Gate Foundation. “But we are thinking Eighth
Avenue South and South King Street would be a good location,
because it is in line with the first gate and the east entrance to
Chinatown.” Eng said the foundation originally planned to build
the second gate at 12th Avenue, but noticed that the location might
infringe on the Vietnamese community’s boundary.
The Historic China Gate Foundation already has some funds
for building the second gate, but not enough to complete it. It cost
about $950,000 to build the first gate, and the group expects the
next one to cost $800,000.

Nina Huang can be reached at info@
nwasianweekly.com.

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{YUAN cont’d from page 5}
employees, saying they and others “breached their duty of care.”
They do not specify damages.
In an obituary, Yuan was described as a champion athlete who
excelled at literature, playing piano, singing, and public speaking.
Her given name means “wish come true” in Chinese.
It is still unknown how Yuan got out of the plane, but the claim says

All these women will be honored Friday, Feb. 7, at the
Women Leaders in Health Care luncheon at the New Hong
Kong Restaurant, located at 900 S. Jackson in Seattle.
For more information, call 206-223-0623 or visit www.
womenofcolorempowered.com.
Signe Predmore can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.
com.

Jen Lee

Although the Paralympics are lesser known, it will begin
after the Olympics end. It is for athletes with physical and
intellectual disabilities. Among the U.S. representatives
for the Paralympics is goalie Jen Lee, a member of the
Paralympic Sled Hockey Team. Lee, 28, had his left
leg amputated above the knee when he was injured in a
motorcycle accident in 2009. However, he did not let this
unfortunate accident deter him. A sergeant in the United
States Army, he was introduced to the game of sled hockey
through a program assisting injured U.S service personnel.
Lee has played since 2010. 
Jason Cruz can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.
com.

The foundation still continues to fundraise to maintain the first
gate, which costs about $8,000 each year for insurance, city street
permits, electricity, and pressure washing. The city had refused to
accept the gate as a gift due to the liability and maintenance costs.
“We are hoping to start building the second Chinese Gate
whenever the economy improves, like in two or three years from
now, but there is another big problem,” said Eng. “The Historic
China Gate Foundation must get approvals from adjacent property
owners.” Eng said it was taking a long time to get those approvals.
“We need to prove and convince them that the gate does not
obstruct or interfere with their operation, but is very beneficial to
their property,” said Eng. 
Marino Saito can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.
she was possibly taken out by rescuers. Interviews for an ongoing
National Traffic Safety Board found Yuan was covered with foam
and struck twice — once by a fire rig spraying foam whose driver had
seen and driven around her earlier in the chaos, and again 11 minutes
later by a second truck that was turning around to fetch water.
Her death has prompted new training for firefighters who work
at San Francisco International Airport, including 40 to 80 hours of
advanced instruction at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

{LUNAR NEW YEAR cont’d from page 1}
Family activities will include face painting and Chinese
calligraphy.
“We are so pleased with the community response to this
wonderful celebration of culture through performances
and educational presentations,” said Jennifer Leavitt, vice
president of marketing for the Bellevue Collection. As a
place where people love to gather and connect with each
other, we are proud to be a location for the acknowledgement

of this enriching cultural experience.”
The weekend kicks off on Saturday at 11 a.m. with
“Techno Third Prince Nezha” by the Taiwanese Youth
Alliance, followed by two afternoons filled with music,
dance, activities, more martial arts, and a Chinese lion
and dragon parade. Festivities will continue until 6 p.m. on
Saturday, and run from 1–5 p.m. on Sunday.
“Lunar New Year is such a beautiful celebration that
touches our guests on many different levels,” said Leavitt.
“There is such delight in children’s eyes with the colorful

and exciting dragon parade and lion dance and such quiet
beauty in watching the art of calligraphy. The event schedule
is full of dance, martial arts demonstrations, music, and
activities. There is truly something for everyone to enjoy
and experience with this two-day event.” 
More details are available at bellevuecollection.com/
lunarnewyear.

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FEBRUARY 1 – FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Giudici, 27, as she explained to one of her bridesmaids the
idea of taking professional photographs of her wearing the
lingerie Lowe bought her as a wedding gift.
metallic gold that reminded the couple of Thailand.
The newlyweds will start a life together in Dallas.
ABC paid for everything, from engagement rings, dresses,
Giudici’s hair and make up artists (aka her glam squad) to Curiously, not much of Giudici’s family or background as
a Seattleite was mentioned in the two-hour long wedding
honeymoon expenses.
As the clips went back and forth to the months of wedding special. Giudici is half Filipino.
Giudici and Lowe first met in The Bachelor, where Giudici
preparation, a tiny square appeared on the lower left corner
of the TV. It was the Honeymoon Cam. Shortly after their joined 25 other women, all competing for Lowe’s attention
engagement, the couple decided to save themselves until and love. On the season finale, which was shot in Thailand,
their honeymoon. Prior to the wedding, they had been living Lowe had to pick from the two remaining women. You know
separately two blocks away from each other in Dallas, Texas. the rest.
Giudici and Lowe are the fourth couple from the show
I’m like a butterfly waiting to be exposed to him, said
{THE BACHELOR cont’d from page 11}

{SAAFF cont’d from page
11}
“the previous iteration of SAAFF. NWAAFF ran from 2002 to
2007. I wanted the festival back
after a six-year hiatus and teamed
up with Vanessa [Au] in 2012 to
organize and lead the revival of
the festival.”
Explains
Bang,
“The
[NWAAFF] began in the 1980s
by a team of writers, editors, and
photographers from the International Examiner. It also had a
three-year run between 1994 and
1996. Wes Kim ran it from 2002
to 02007. I contacted Wes in 2012
to ask, one — why the festival had
gone into hiatus, and two — if he
knew others who were interested
in helping me revive it.”
Kim resigned as director of the
festival in 2007 due to time constraints, said Bang, and nobody
replaced him.
“The team dissipated as a result. Wes connected me to Vanessa, who also expressed interest
in reviving the festival. We met
at Café Ladro in Capitol Hill in

April 2012 and began organizing
SAAFF. We decided to change
the name to ‘Seattle’ instead of
‘Northwest’ because the name
of the city would resonate better,
both locally and nationally.”
Bang was born and raised in Seattle. “My parents are Chinese,”
he said, “but lived most of their
lives in Vietnam, so growing up,
we spoke Cantonese, Vietnamese, and English in the house. He
graduated from the University
of Washington in 2005, with a
Bachelor of Arts in communication – new media. “It was through
college that I understood the importance of mass media representation for Asian Americans. There
is a large population of Asians and
Asian Americans in Seattle, so it’s
important to share those stories
and cultural experiences.
Bang and Au led the planning,
recruiting, and organizing of the
festival’s revival and intend to
continue moving it forward.
“Our selection committee
watched and rated all the films
and democratically discussed
and picked which one’s would
be screened at our festival,” said

Bang. “All of us have full-time
day jobs or are full-time students,
and running a festival is similar to
another full-time job, so the effort
we get from our team is tremendous and the passion and dedication to the festival is apparent.”
One of the many locally grown
talents on display at the festival is
actor Eddie Mui, who was born in
Hong Kong, but grew up in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood.
He’s one of the leading actors in
Someone I Used To Know, directed by Nadine Truong, a sometimes-funny, sometime-dark dramatic account of three childhood
friends who reconnect amidst
the glitz of Hollywood. They discover how much different they’ve
become and how much they’ve
stayed the same.
“I feel that we made a film that
many people would enjoy watching, with a very strong ensemble
cast and it was beautifully shot,”
Mui reflects. “Someone I Used To
Know is mainly about past and
present friendships and how everyone values certain people in
their lives that may have come
and go. I think our film will make

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to marry. The majority of The Bachelor couples break up
shortly after. In attendance of the wedding were so-called
more successful couples from the show, including Molly
and Jason Mesnick, who married in 2010; Trista and Ryan
Sutter, who have been married for 10 years; and Ashley and
J.P. Rosenbaum, who are in their second year of marriage.
Of course, at the end of the wedding special, host Chris
Harrison did not fail to remind viewers to watch tonight’s
episode of The Bachelor and follow the journey of Juan
Pablo in his own unconventional love story. 
Alia Marsha can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.
com.

you think about your own friends
and what they truly mean to you
over the years... and perhaps even
change your thoughts about your
own self when you are around
them. The overall vibe of our picture is kind of like past movies,
from The Breakfast Club, Less
Than Zero, and The Anniversary
Party,” but of course, this film
happens to be written, produced,
directed by, and mostly starring Asian Americans telling an
‘American’ story that just happens
to be taking place on one wacky
night in LA... and not Chinatown.”
Asked his favorite films in the
festival, Bang singled out Linsanity, directed by Evan Jackson
Leong, a documentary study of
basketball player Jeremy Lin, who
Bang calls “a pioneering figure”
for Asian Americans.
“His unprecedented rise from
a basketball nobody to become a
global sports sensation makes it
the feel-good movie of the year,”
he said.
Another one of Bang’s picks is
Raskal Love, directed by Byron
Q, which the festival co-director
calls the true story of Seattleite

Vanna Fut and how he overcame
great adversities to pursue dreams
in the arts — becoming a pioneering b-boy in Seattle during the
1990s, and then an actor.
“This is a documentary gem
from our own backyard,” Bang
said.
Asked how the festival will
conclude, and about future
plans, Bang said, “We’ll do a
post-mortem after the festival
and talk about our year. We talk
about lessons learned and think
about ways to improve next year.
We foresee needing more volunteers as the festival and team
grows.”
They also organized an outdoor summer film series last
year during the offseason. 
The Seattle Asian American Film
Festival runs from Feb. 6 to Feb.
9 at Ark Lodge Cinemas, located
at 4816 Rainier Ave. S. in Seattle.
For film titles, venues, prices,
and show times, visit http://
seattleaaff.org/2014/.
Andrew Hamlin can be reached
at info@nwasianweekly.com.

asianweekly
northwest

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FEBRUARY 1 – FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Several members of Mr. Hirabayashi’s
family joined the groundbreaking ceremony, including his sister, Esther Furugori, who remembered Gordon as the older
brother who always took care of her. Furugori said she began to see her brother in
a new light after reading a book another
brother, along with her nephew, wrote using Gordon Hirabayashi’s own writings
and diaries. A Principled Stand: The Story
of Hirabayashi v. the United States was
published by University of Washington
Press in 2013.
“When I read A Principled Stand, a
book mostly relating his own words, I met
another person with deep thoughts and
conviction to stand up for his rights,” said
Furugori. “I am very proud of my brother
and what he stood for.”
Furugori also thanked InterIm and its
associates for their hard work organizing
and planning how the art and artifacts of
her brother’s life will be depicted for future
generations “to learn about Gordon and

Architectural rendering by Mithun

{HIRABAYASHI cont’d from page 1}

An artist’s rendering of what the Hirabayashi Place will
look like once it’s built.

Members of Gordon Hirabayashi’s family attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the Hirabayashi Place.
Gordon’s sister, Esther Furugori, in the red coat, is the only surviving member of their immediate family. Jay
Hirabayashi, right, is Gordon’s son. Both spoke during the ceremony.

his action for social justice, not only for
Japanese Americans, but for all citizens.”
Mr. Hirabayashi was imprisoned for
defying curfew and internment during
WWII, and again later for refusing
induction into the army. Although he
lost his case before the Supreme Court,
in 1987 his conviction was overturned
when a federal appeals court ruled the

{BLOG cont’d from page 12}
beef, pork, chicken, and veggies. These dishes are all
created with a name of fortune. If you can’t read Chinese,
it won’t be a problem. Just ask for a Chinese family dinner
in Chinatown restaurants close to the price range you want
— $108, $138, $168, or $238, depending on the number of
guests you have. Prices ranges are a little different from
restaurant to restaurant, but they all end up with No. 8,
signifying the Chinese word, faat, making wealth.
By the way, you can do takeout, too. 

Want to get the inside scoop on
the latest happenings of Seattle’s
Asian American community?
Follow Publisher Assunta Ng’s
blog at nwasianweekly.com under the
Opinion section.

internment of Japanese American citizens
was unconstitutional.
Mr. Hirabayashi died in 2012 at the age
of 93. He was posthumously awarded the
Medal of Freedom by President Barack
Obama.
Andréa
Akita,
acting
InterIm’s
executive director, said she was excited to
bring private and public partners together

to create the 96 housing units, and honored
to name it after Hirabayashi because he
stood for courage and social justice.
“It’s that kind of spirit which we hope to
memorialize in that building and that site,”
Akita said. “That part of Nihonmachi —
Little Japantown — has never recovered
since World War II and the removal of
Japanese citizens from their homes and
communities.” 
Sue Misao can be reached at editor@
nwasianweekly.com.

Bachelor’s wedding (yawn!)

Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici

The two-hour show
“The Bachelor” on ABC
featuring the wedding of
Sean Lowe and Catherine
Giudici was so scripted
and controlled that I
found it hard to keep my
attention on it for the whole
show. ABC stretched the
20-minute wedding into
two hours by including lots
of old clips. TiVo saved my

day. I skipped the first part.
Had it not been for Catherine, I wouldn’t have watched
it. There was no fun, excitement, or surprises during the
wedding. Part of the fun of weddings comes when the
guests roast or toast the newlyweds with their silly but
irresistible romantic stories. If Asian culture had been part

of the wedding theme, that would have made the whole
show more colorful and interesting. The couple couldn’t
invite many of their friends to participate — ABC was the
boss, not the couple.
Food is also a big part of wedding rituals. But you
can’t see any of those elements in a television-sponsored
wedding. The wedding was made for the convenience of
television production. It simply lacked creativity, as well
as the couple’s style and personalities. The only real part
is that Sean and Catherine are a gorgeous couple and very
much in love.
Perhaps Sean and Catherine should hold their own
private wedding party afterwards, creating their own
signature event.
The good things about this wedding were that ABC
paid for everything, and lots of people watched, whether
admiringly or disapprovingly.
Oh well, that’s life! You can’t have everything. 

RESERVATIONS FOR LUNCHEON: Discounted price of $30 if purchased by
February 3. Full price of $40 after February 3. Walk-ins $45. Student price of
$20 with I.D. before February 3; $25 after February 3; student walk-ins $30. No
tickets will be mailed; confirmation is by e-mail only. $300 for a table. To sponsor
the event including logo online and print and table is $1,000. (For details, visit
womenofcolorempowered.com). Men are welcome!
To purchase tickets, call us at 206-223-0623, or email rsvp@nwasianweekly.
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Children’s Parade Competition Schedule:
• 1:30 PM — Parade Begins
• 1:50 PM — Finals competition (5 contestants)
• 2:15 PM — Parade winners announced!!!
• Contestants must be present at the announcement of finalists (1:50 PM).
• Finalists will be lined up in numerical order.
• All contestants will receive a fortune cookie and a stuffed Panda.
Registration/Sign-Up:
• You may pre-register for the contest by filling out this application and
sending it in or sign-up on the day of the contest (Saturday, February
1) before 1:15 PM at the registration table. Registration table will be
located in front of Seattle Chinese Post/Northwest Asian Weekly – 412
Maynard Ave S.
• Contestants are chosen on a first come first serve basis.
• Contestants must sign-in at the registration table 15 minutes prior to
parade.
Rules/Guidelines:
• Children ages 12 and under can participate in the contest
• Parents are welcome to accompany their children during the Parade
• Children will be given a contestant number for order of Parade lineup
• Children attire should be culturally relevant to the Lunar New Year
Celebration
Judging:
• All contestants will be judged by the provided judging criteria.
• Prizes will be awarded to First ($100), Second ($50), and Third
($25) Place Winners, plus many other prizes.
• All decisions made by competition judges are final.

Contestants must adhere to all rules and regulations. Contest officials will remove
any contestant failing to cooperate with officials or failing to comply with the rules
and regulations. If you have any questions, please contact Northwest Asian Weekly
at 206.223.5559 or via email at rsvp@nwasianweekly.com.